diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.c b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.c
index c08f2ef294..bdfb0e381e 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /********************************************************************\
  * gnc-frequency.c -- GnuCash widget for frequency editing.         *
  * Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Joshua Sled <jsled@asynchronous.org>     *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>               *
  *                                                                  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or    *
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as   *
@@ -1124,3 +1125,26 @@ start_date_changed( GNCDateEdit *gde, gpointer d )
         }
         gtk_signal_emit_by_name( GTK_OBJECT(gf), "changed", NULL );
 }
+
+/* ================================================================= */
+/* Relabel some of the labels */
+
+void 
+gnc_frequency_set_frequency_label_text (GNCFrequency *gf, const gchar *txt)
+{
+   GtkLabel *lbl;
+	if (!gf || !txt) return;
+   lbl = GTK_LABEL (glade_xml_get_widget (gf->gxml, "freq label"));
+   gtk_label_set_text (lbl, txt);
+}
+
+void 
+gnc_frequency_set_startdate_label_text (GNCFrequency *gf, const gchar *txt)
+{
+   GtkLabel *lbl;
+	if (!gf || !txt) return;
+   lbl = GTK_LABEL (glade_xml_get_widget (gf->gxml, "startdate label"));
+   gtk_label_set_text (lbl, txt);
+}
+
+/* ========================= END OF FILE =========================== */
diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.h b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.h
index 6df3fe60a0..353a4c0d72 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.h
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/gnc-frequency.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /********************************************************************\
  * gnc-frequency.h -- GnuCash widget for frequency editing.         *
  * Copyright (C) 2001,2002 Joshua Sled <jsled@asynchronous.org>     *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>               *
  *                                                                  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or    *
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as   *
@@ -41,22 +42,25 @@ BEGIN_GNOME_DECLS
  * transaction or budgeting category, for instance], manipulating a FreqSpec
  * object in the process.
  **/
-typedef struct _GNCFrequency {
+typedef struct _GNCFrequency 
+{
 	GtkVBox	        widget;
 
-    	GtkVBox         *vb;
+  	GtkVBox         *vb;
 	GtkNotebook     *nb;
 	GtkOptionMenu   *freqOpt;
 	GNCDateEdit     *startDate;
 	GladeXML        *gxml;
 } GNCFrequency;
 
-typedef struct _GNCFrequencyClass {
+typedef struct _GNCFrequencyClass 
+{
   GtkVBoxClass parent_class;
   void (*changed) (GNCFrequency *gf);
 } GNCFrequencyClass;
 
-struct pageDataTuple {
+struct pageDataTuple 
+{
 	int		idx;
 	UIFreqType	uiFTVal;
 	char		*name;
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ guint gnc_frequency_get_type( void );
  **/
 GtkWidget * gnc_frequency_new( FreqSpec *fs, GDate *startDate );
 void gnc_frequency_init( GNCFrequency *gf );
+
 /**
  * Sets up the given GNCFrequency with the given FreqSpec and
  * UIFreqSpec.  If the FreqSpec is NULL, then the default value is
@@ -85,6 +90,17 @@ void gnc_frequency_setup( GNCFrequency *gf, FreqSpec *fs, GDate *startDate );
  **/
 void gnc_frequency_save_state( GNCFrequency *gf, FreqSpec *fs, GDate *outStartDate );
 
+/**
+ * Set the label text for the frequency option menu.  In the current
+ * implementation, the default label text is "Frequency:"
+ */
+void gnc_frequency_set_frequency_label_text (GNCFrequency *gf, const gchar *txt);
+/**
+ * Set the label text for the start-date entry widget. In the current
+ * impelmentation, the default label text is "Start Date:"
+ */
+void gnc_frequency_set_startdate_label_text (GNCFrequency *gf, const gchar *txt);
+
 END_GNOME_DECLS
 
 #endif /* !defined( GNC_FREQUENCY_H ) */